Oxfam India in Action Archives - Oxfam Policy & Practice

Briefing note

Strengthening Communities to Claim Community Forest Rights in Chhattisgarh

30/07/2016

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Oxfam India is part of a global movement working to fight poverty, injustice and inequality. In India, it works in six states. Oxfam India’s programme on Fair Sharing of Natural Resources is aimed at marginalised communities to realise their rights through rightful access, control and sustainable management of natural resources, thereby giving them voice and agency to transform powerstructures and […]

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Briefing note

Mobilising Civil Society towards Right to Free Public Health and Education in Jharkhand

30/05/2016

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Oxfam India believes that the right to universal access to good quality healthcare and education is a practical way of closing the ever-widening gap between the rich and the poor. Oxfam India works in six states to empower the community to improve accountability of public delivery systems of healthcare and education. While in most states […]

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Case study

Mobilising Women Farmers to Secure Land Rights in Uttar Pradesh

12/03/2016

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Oxfam India is part of a global movement working to fight poverty, injustice and inequality; in India it works in seven focus state. Oxfam India aims to improve poor people’s access, rights and entitlements over land and natural resources in order to support and augment their livelihoods. Through its programme on smallholder agriculture, Oxfam India focuses on socialising the identity of […]

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Case study

Oxfam in Action: Community-Based Monitoring to Claim Right to Food in Jharkhand

20/04/2015

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Chetna Vikas and Oxfam have set up village-level Food Security Committees, locally known as the Gram Ahar Raksha Dal (GARD), in 35 villages in two districts, Deoghar and Dumka, in the Indian state of Jharkhand. The GARD provides a platform to the community and for the different food schemes, including the Mid Day Meal Scheme […]

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Case study

Addressing Violence Against Women and Girls Among the Muslim Community in Odisha

30/12/2015

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Oxfam India is part of a global movement working to fight poverty, injustice and inequality; in India, it works in seven focus states. Oxfam India works against social acceptance of Violence Against Women (VAW), which is one of the most pervasive and the least recognised human rights violations across the world. Through its Gender Justice […]

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Case study

Community-Based Monitoring and Grievance Redressal in Schools in Delhi

10/12/2015

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Oxfam India is part of a global movement working to fight poverty, injustice and inequality. In India, it works in seven states. Oxfam India believes that right to education is important to close the gap between the ‘haves’ and the ‘havenots’. As a founding member of the Right to Education (RTE) Forum, it is working […]

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Case study

Oxfam in Action: Promoting multilingual education in Odisha’s Adivasi belt

24/09/2015

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Oxfam India is part of a global movement working to fight poverty, injustice and inequality. In India, it works in seven states. Oxfam India believes that the right to education (RTE) is vital to closing the gap between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have-nots’. As a founding member of the RTE Forum, it is working towards […]

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Case study

Oxfam in Action: Community-Based Monitoring to Ensure Right to Food in Odisha

02/06/2015

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Oxfam has been supporting the Right To Food (RTF) Campaign in Odisha since 2013, working to create a team of volunteers who empower the community to demand and access the RTF food schemes and monitor the implementation of the same. The RTF Campaign Odisha volunteers work in 10 districts in the state. The volunteers are […]

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Case study

Oxfam in Action: Community-Based Monitoring to Ensure Right to Food in Bihar

20/04/2015

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Koshish and Oxfam have set up justice committees (called nyay [justice] dal [committee]) and vigilance committees at the village level in two districts in the Indian state of Bihar. These committees support the local government (Panchayati Raj) institutions as well as the community. The community is empowered to demand, access and monitor the implementation of […]

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Briefing paper

Oxfam in Action: Activating village-level monitoring to improve maternal health in Bihar

23/03/2015

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‘Improving Maternal Health in India’, an Oxfam-DFID programme running since 2012, was implemented in 420 villages across 6 states. It sought to improve maternal health status by building capacity in communities to demand, access and monitor public health services. This document describes how the CSOs BGVP and BVHA in Bihar are bringing about change by […]

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